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Benefits: + Post comments + Submit your own news, video and photos + Sign-up for newsletters Username or Email Address ____________________ Password ____________________ Sign In [_] Remember Me Forgot Your Password? * Washington * Oregon * Idaho * National * World * Business * Politics * Consumer * Health * Swine Flu * Entertainment * Slide Shows Washington News print logo Share this article: * 10 Comments * Email this article * Facebook * Tweet * Digg * Print this article Print * print Suspected ID thief may have over 1,000 victims Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player. by DREW MIKKELSEN / KING 5 News NWCN.com Posted on January 7, 2011 at 4:35 PM Updated Friday, Jan 7 at 6:45 PM OLYMPIA, Wash. -- An Olympia man arrested Thursday may have planned to steal the identities of 1,000 people, said Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza. Anthony Vaughn is held on 50 counts of identity theft at the Thurston County Jail. A veteran detective said Vaughn was likely part of the largest identity theft ring in county history. According to court documents, Vaughn admitted to detectives he stole the items to support a drug habit. Detectives seized 40 boxes of evidence from Vaughn's Olympia home. Police said Vaughn had the names and social security numbers of hundreds of employees with the State's Employment Security Division. Those names were apparently on paperwork stolen from a car parked on the state Capitol campus last year. Sheriff Snaza said contacting all the victims could take more than six months. "Now, maybe we can give some of the people who have filed complaints and been a victim some relief we caught that person," said Snaza. Share this article: * 10 Comments * Email this article * Facebook * Tweet * Digg * Print this article Print * print * Next article A little snow possible in Puget Sound area over the weekend To add a comment, please register or login. 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Comments: Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 denkoko said on January 8, 2011 at 5:41 PM why WERE THE NAMES IN A PARKED CAR ???????? 58548308 Flag this comment winterborne said on January 8, 2011 at 2:22 PM I hope the ID numbers have changed for these folks, since King 5 failed at obscuring some license numbers... ;-) 58542369 Flag this comment slappywag said on January 8, 2011 at 12:27 AM I am all for the national ID idea. Why should there be over 8,000 forms (quite literally) of identification? It is a waste of billions. Oh, wait, we are talking about government, aren't we. Well, so much for that idea. 58516003 Flag this comment carburetor said on January 7, 2011 at 11:32 PM The State of Washington needs to investigate what records were stolen from a vehicle on the campus, why they were left unattended and who was responsible for them. Employers are required to keep confidential employee information safe and secure. Someone failed to protect these documents and information from theft. That person should be responsible to pay for costs of clearing up any credit damage caused by their negligence. Hopefully the WSP is investigating this crime to find out who is responsible for enabling the loss of this property. I expect to hear about numerous civil suits being filed. 58515453 Flag this comment djburnham3yahoo said on January 7, 2011 at 9:56 PM Can I give my ID it would be true karma...... due to an illness I have a $250,000 unpaid student loan...... I would love to let him have it. 58513949 Flag this comment myshieldcorp said on January 7, 2011 at 9:22 PM If we ever secure our funding to start....My Shield Corp or My Family Shield NPO We have Task Forces ready to start to help slow down/STOP 1. Spammers 2. Scammers 3. Fraud Investors And many more.... Marshall 58513042 Flag this comment cjcampbell said on January 7, 2011 at 7:47 PM Eventually, they will make identity theft a capital crime. 58510138 Flag this comment biggergovnow said on January 7, 2011 at 5:23 PM No matter how hard they try, there will always be ways around it. You can have your national ID card. Just please don't make me get one... 58504899 Flag this comment junkyarddog said on January 7, 2011 at 4:45 PM Now, who's for a national ID card? Holographic and with finger prints. Protects the real person and doesn't let the illegals and ID thieves have such an easy time. 58503696 Flag this comment prettyinpink said on January 7, 2011 at 4:40 PM Lesson learned. 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